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Muchas escuelas encuentran modos de resolver el problema del ausentismo sin suspensiones
Educadores en distritos que evitan las suspensiones relacionadas con asistencia dicen que el problema requiere un enfoque dualista: enfocándose en hacer de la escuela un lugar donde los estudiantes quieren estar mientras abordan al ausentismo como un problema a resolver.
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In wake of pandemic, some districts take less-punitive approach to absenteeism
Though suspending students for attendance violations is widespread in Arizona, it is not universal—or necessary, according to school and district leaders who have found ways around it. They argue effective alternatives must make school a place students want to be, and treat absenteeism as a problem to solve, rather than a behavior to punish.
Derechos civiles en riesgo: Estudiantes afroamericanos y latinos son suspendidos más por faltar a clase
Cuando el castigo es el mismo que el delito: Suspendido por faltar a clase. El primer análisis de su tipo descubre el uso generalizado de suspensiones por infracciones de asistencia en Arizona.
Overrepresentation of Black, Hispanic students among those suspended for missing school could violate civil rights law
A first-of-its-kind analysis of education data shows that Black, Latino and Native American students are frequently overrepresented among those blocked from class for missing class — what some argue is evidence of a potential civil rights violation. White students, meanwhile, were largely underrepresented.
Suspending students for absences, tardies compounds learning loss
Suspending students for missing class, whether it’s because they showed up late, cut midday or were absent from school entirely, is a controversial tactic. At least 17 states forbid schools from suspending students for attendance problems at some level—if kids aren’t in class, they aren’t learning. Yet the practice is pervasive in Arizona, a first-of-its-kind…
Suspender a los estudiantes por ausencias, tardanzas agrava pérdida de aprendizaje
Cuando el castigo es el mismo que el delito: Suspendido por faltar a clase: El primer análisis de su tipo descubre el uso generalizado de suspensiones por infracciones de asistencia en Arizona.
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